Filey Bay Orange Wine Barrique Whisky 70cl
Filey Bay Orange Wine Barrique Whisky is soft and fruity, flavours of orange cake, honeycomb, ripe citrus and stone fruits. A limited edition distilled in 2017.
“Vino Naranja del Condado de Huelva” comes from a very specific part of Spain, taking the sunshine and oranges that the south is famous for. Made in a similar way to other fortified wines but with a key difference: the grape spirit used to fortify the base wine has been aromatised with orange peel before being matured.
The core whisky for this release was matured for just over 7 years, firstly in ex-bourbon casks for 3 years and 3 months, to soften the spirit, before being reduced to 50% alc. and then moved into orange wine casks for a further 3 years and 10 months.
Over the years the alcoholic strength has slowly decreased through natural evaporation. So, the strength in the bottle of 46.2% is the strength that the whisky reached in the cask all on its own with no final reduction with water before bottling.
The natural reduction of strength over many years in the orange wine casks is a big part of what makes this whisky so soft and delicious. It’s a process that requires constant checking of the casks to make sure the whisky is bottled at precisely the right time.
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